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Climate Change Collection
Nature & Environment

Climate Change Collection

...under creative commons copyright. See individual courses or articles for further details. Registering for a free OpenLearn account will allow learners to enrol on a course and track their progress. Enrolment allows learners to return to the last page viewed in each session or lesson, and rewards learners who complete the course with a printable certificate of completion....
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Video 5 mins
Will artificial intelligence put us out of work?
Money & Business

Will artificial intelligence put us out of work?

...Creative Commons video assets: Optimization of Parenthood by wheresaddie - (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Timelapse Thames and Canary Wharf by Chris Hoare - (CC BY 2.0) Horizon app "rotating" video by Kārlis Dambrāns - (CC BY 2.0) Satellite Map of France on Tablet Computer by ZNiCHKA Stock Media - (CC BY-NC 2.0) Unveiling THE ROBOT by Isabelle - (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A Robot by Isabelle...
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Video 5 mins
What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?
History & The Arts

What is the relationship between history and historical fiction?

...Writing a novel is a process of synthesis and you are always waltzing to and fro over the boundary between fact and fiction, with as small a bump as possible, preferably no bump at all. SALLY O’REILLY: Yeah. EMMA DARWIN: And having gone to a lot of trouble to do that I wasn’t going to write long notes explaining exactly where the bump was. SALLY O’REILLY: Do you...
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Audio 8 mins
Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Note taking in relation to the Social Sciences

...writing TMAs, revising for exams, or for making links with later parts of the course. As students you will be using a variety of course materials and you will make notes in a variety of ways probably. You will be using course books, which you may be reading, or listening to on tape, course cassettes like this one you will be listening to, watching TV programmes and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts
History & The Arts

Exploring Virginia Woolf’s Between the Acts

...writes about time, memory, and ideas about identity. It also considers why Woolf’s fiction is often considered difficult. Selected extracts from her essays on writing help to clarify some of these perceived difficulties, illuminating complex patterning and structure in this fictional account of an English village, on a day in June in 1939...This free course introduces...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What is technology?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is technology?

...creatively applied to organised tasks involving people and machines that meet sustainable goals. There are three important aspects to this definition: 1. Technology is about taking action to meet a human need rather than merely understanding the workings of the natural world, which is the goal of science. The invention of the microscope was driven by a need to explore the...
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Article 5 mins
Introduction to Working with Young People
Education & Development

Introduction to Working with Young People

...creativity. A Madcap Graduate Returns Gawaine's "sorted" - he's got a job here passing on his creative and technical knowledge. Education with a Difference Sue Quinn on how the Project offers young people opportunities for personal growth and pride, as well as an informal arts education. Streetwork A small team of youth workers take to the streets to engage informally...
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Video 1 hr 28 mins
New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place
Miscellaneous

New free courses and hobbies to try while Coronavirus restrictions are in place

...writing a novel to stargazing, we've got plenty of things for you to take up while you're isolating. Take a look at the FREE tools and courses below and let's come out of this with more knowledge than ever! Find out more about The Open University's Open Degree qualifications. Get writing Have you been itching to get your first novel started and haven't known where to...
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Article 5 mins